<div class="css-129jqss en4o1560"><section class="css-u7urgs e12sbwn90"><div class="css-b4a1pi e1u9wqfn0"><span class="css-x8vgju e6e0kfy0"><a href="/the-world-this-week" data-analytics="sidebar:section"><span>The world this week</span></a></span></div><h1 class="css-1p83fk8 e1r8fcie0">KAL’s cartoon</h1></section></div><div class="css-vpmedt en4o1560"><section class="css-1ugvd2u e18wk22u0"></section></div><div class="css-129jqss en4o1560"><div class="css-13r0q4k ebbih0g0"><div class="css-f1to7x e1oehc1h0"><div class="css-jwv1ak eupm5sl0"><div class="css-w0h03k eygoqsu0"><div><time datetime="2024-08-22T12:54:53.399Z" class="css-1c8ktq7 e4cw3vv0"> Aug 22nd 2024</time></div><div><div class="css-1902i5q eygoqsu0"></div></div></div></div></div><section data-body-id="cp2" class="css-1xs6rxu e19oi8vf1"><div class="css-11m2wk0 e19oi8vf2"><p data-component="paragraph" class="css-1f0x4sl e1tt35bk0">Our regular illustrator, KAL, is away this week. We have chosen to re-run this poignant cartoon from 2012.</p><p data-component="paragraph" class="css-1f0x4sl e1tt35bk0"><i>KAL’s cartoon appears weekly in&nbsp;The Economist. You can see last week’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.economist.com/the-world-this-week/article105314-prod.ece">here</a>.</i></p></div></section><div class="css-1cmx12d em0l2j50"><div class="css-19gx9y0 eupm5sl0"><div class="css-15sn8g1 eygoqsu0"><div><div class="css-9mn5vp eygoqsu0"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

The world this week{ai:summary}<p>KAL's absence left a void this week, so they dusted off an old gem from 2012, a cartoon that cuts through the noise like a sharp knife through silk. It whispers truths about our times, unearthing the familiar chaos we can’t seem to shake off. </p><p>In a world teetering on the edge, a simple drawing can echo louder than a thousand voices. #culture</p>

KAL’s cartoon

KAL’s cartoon

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